President Joe Biden flew to Oregon on Thursday to tout infrastructure investments as super PACs pour big money into the Democratic primary for the state’s newly created House seat, sparking controversy within the president’s party.
Biden highlighted new funding to help secure the Portland International Airport from the risk of potential earthquakes. The Port of Portland is slated to receive $3.75 million intended to make sure that the airport runway can withstand the effects of an earthquake, a real threat to an airport that sits on a fault line.
“We’re here today to talk about investments we’re making to modernize this airport,” the president said. “Through the bipartisan infrastructure law, we’re investing $25 billion to upgrade and modernize American airports out of the money that is over a trillion dollars we’re spending on infrastructure.”
